Quote Originally Posted by daihashi
When you eat fructose it goes directly to your liver. Your liver has the choice of converting it into glycogen for your muscles, glycogen for itself (the liver), or fat. What it chooses to do will basically depend on how much glycogen is currently stored in your liver. If your liver glycogen stores are low it will first store the fructose in the liver because fructose is four times as efficient at replenishing liver glycogen than glucose is. Once your liver glycogen stores are full, it will then store the remainder fructose calories as fat. Little to none of the fructose calories will go to the muscles.

High intake of fructose or fructose products (sucrose, high fructose, corn syrup, fruit juice) will cause greater fat storage and a greater decrease in fat burning than glucose even though glucose is higher on the GI index.

So basically what I'm saying is.. fructose isn't all it's cracked up to be if your concern is fat loss/weight loss.

:hippy:

If anyone wants references I can pull references from books I have at the house. I didn't get this off the internet (have a bunch of materials at the house on fitness and diet... was studying to be a personal trainer).

Fructose isn't bad for you, but it's not that great either. I stay away from it when I'm trying to lower my body fat.
So it's not good to sit down and knock out a whole box of fruit snacks fruit gushers?
Oh.